Small-Town Midwife by Jean C. Gordon

Author:Jean C. Gordon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“All right. Why are you two double-teaming me?” Jamie asked when she arrived for the meeting Autumn had called. “If it’s about last week, Kristen was more than happy to take that birth for me so I could fill in for the camp nurse at Sonrise. I’m not complaining, but I miss having summers free to be with the kids at the camp.”

“That was fine,” Kelly assured her.

Jamie paled. “If it’s not about work, it’s the baby, and it can’t be good, not with both of you here.”

“Don’t jump to conclusions,” Kelly said.

Autumn lifted her gaze to the ceiling. This was Jamie’s fourth pregnancy and she was their primary delivery nurse. Kelly should have realized Jamie would be suspicious about this meeting, made on short notice, with Kelly joining them.

“You know your blood sugar has been running high,” Autumn started.

“It’s been more normal this week. I’ve been checking it myself.” Jamie’s eyes widened. “You’re not going to put me on insulin, are you? With the other three, I controlled it with diet. I’ll be more careful, assign Eli as my food guard. He’s well-trained at giving orders.”

Autumn raised her hand palm out to stop her. “I’m concerned. I don’t know why diet isn’t working this time.” She hesitated. “I’m going to order more tests, but to me it looks like insulin might be necessary.”

Autumn caught Kelly’s frown. What did she expect? At Jamie’s insistence, Autumn was still Jamie’s midwife. And Jamie understood what was going on. She wouldn’t have asked about insulin if she hadn’t thought that was where the conversation was headed. Why wouldn’t she be straightforward with Jamie, who was a friend and knew nearly as much about pregnancy and birth as Autumn and Kelly? She’d be straightforward with any of her mothers.

“I see.” Jamie was quiet for a moment. “You know I wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize this baby.” She touched her rounded belly.

“I know, and neither would I...we.” Autumn had to include Kelly, even though Kelly had indicated she’d wait awhile longer before referring Jamie out of the practice.

“Autumn asked me to talk with Jon about transferring you to his care for the rest of your pregnancy,” Kelly said.

That wasn’t exactly right. She’d convinced Kelly that Jamie’s pregnancy needed to be supervised by a doctor. Kelly had taken it on herself to talk with Jon before Autumn had had a chance to.

“I have an appointment,” Kelly said. “I’ll leave you to make the arrangements with Jon’s office.”

The door closed behind Kelly. “I have to switch, don’t I? I can’t convince you that I’ll be more careful?” Jamie sighed. “What if the new tests don’t show that I need insulin?”

“I think you need to be followed by a doctor. It doesn’t have to be Jon. Is there someone at the medical center in Saranac who you’d rather use?”

“If it’s my choice, I’d rather continue to see you. I figured by the time this one is ready to make an appearance, I’d have you convinced to do the delivery.

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